Strap-buckle.



PATENTED APR. 17

No. 81s

P. H. BURKE.

v STRAP BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. z5, 1905.

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nuire srnrns reafirmar orrrcn PATRICK H. BURKE, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO NORTH 85 JUDD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

STRAP-BUCKLE..

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 1'7, 1906.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK H. BURKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Britain, county of Hartford, Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Strap-Buckles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in wire buckles for straps.

The object of the invention is to construct a simple buckle with a tuck-loop Jfor a strap, so that the parts may be made economically and operate satisfactorily. l The invention consists in forming the buckle and tuck-loop of a single piece of wire. The tongue is pivoted on one end of the wire and centered by the other end in conjunction with a doubled portion of the wire, corresponding in position to the two ends. The two ends and the doubled portion constitute the strap-bar, and the parts are held together by the end of the strap.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a buckle and strap of my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal cross sectional view showing the buckle and strap in its operative position. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the buckle and tuckloop of my invention. Fig. 4 is a side view of the same.

The wire from which the combined buckle and tuck-loop is formed is bent into two rectangles. The end l constitutes the pivot for the tongue. The wire is then bent to form the side 2, end 3, and side 4. The wire is then doubled in toward the center at 5.

6 is one side of the tuck-loop, 7, the rear bar; 8, the opposite side, and 9 the opposite 13nd of the wire forming a part of the strap- 10 is the tongue, pivoted on the end l and centered between the doubled portion 5 and the end 9.

11 indicates the strap, the end of which is slotted to receiveA the tongue 10 and bent back at 12 upon itself and secured by stitching or other means. 13 is the opposite end of the strap, which is perforated to receive the tongue. The end is then'slipped under the tuck-bar 7. The looped portion of the strap around the members 1, 5, and 9 holds them securely together, and thus reinforces the natural strength of the wire.

The buckle when attached to the strap has a highly-ornamental appearance and operates in the usual manner. Formed as it is the expense of manufacture is slight. There is no waste of material, and yet the parts are as strong as necessary.

What I claim is- 1. The combination of a buckle and tuckloop formed of a single piece of wire, the two ends being brought together parallel, and the opposite side being doubled to form, in conjunction with the ends, a strap-bar and a separately-formed tongue mounted between the sides ofthe buckle on one end of said wire.

2. A combined buckle and tuck -loop Jformed of a single piece of wire, a separatelyformed tongue pivoted on one end of the wire, and a double portion of the wire opposite to said pivot end and l'orming an abutment to prevent lateral displacement of said tongue.

3. A combined buckle and tuck loop formed of a single piece of wire, with the two ends brought together to form a part of the strap-bar, a double portion forming the other part of the strap-bar, and a tongue mounted on one end and centered between the other end and said doubled portion.

4. A combined buckle and tuck loop formed of a single piece of wire, one end forming a pivotal support for the tongue, a separately-formed tongue pivoted thereon, the other end of said wire being bent around parallel to the iirst end and forming a double portion of the strap-bar.

5. A combined buckle and tuck -loop formed from a single piece of Wire with one end 'forming a part of a tongue and strap-bar, and a separately-formed tongue pivoted on said bar.

6. A combined buckle and tuck -loop formed from a single piece of wire and having a strap and tongue bar extending entirely across the buckle, and a tongue centrally pivoted on said bar, the portion of the strap and tongue bar on each side of the pivoted tongue being integral with the adjacent sides of the buckle and tuck-loops.

7. As an article of manufacture, a strapbuckle formed of wire and comprising two loop portions, the adjacent portions of the two loops being substantially parallel and forming a tongue and strap bar extending IOO tirely across said buckle and a tongue centrally pivoted thereon, the ends of said Wire terminating in said bar and projecting from one side of said buckle and toward said 1o tongue.

PATRICK H. BURKE.

Witnesses:

FRANK S. PENFIELD, WILLIAM F. TROY. 

